Peerless press

I bought a frozen up Peerless (NY) press a couple of months ago. Good news it is now free and almost everything is working. I’m looking for any information or drawigs on this press. It’s an 8 x 12 sn 8974. Any info would be better than what I have.
Thanks

John M. Jones of Palmyra NY manufactured about 16 different platen jobbers, most of which he invented, under 5 different companies between about 1868 and 1904, when he died. The Peerless-Gordon press, which is apparently what you have, was made by the Peerless Printing Press Co. from 1891-1900. As far as I know there aren’t many of them around any more — I have no idea how many were manufactured. Given the serial number (if that’s what it actually is) I would say that the company probably numbered everything they made in the same series. I would be surprised if they made 9000 of those presses, but it’s possible.

Does it say Peerless on it? Jones also made a very similar press he called the Jones-Gordon, which was earlier; the date I have for John M Jones Co was 1888, still not as early as your patent numbers. The Star and the Peerless were dated from the early 1870s. I don’t know when Gordon’s patents expired, but they would have limited Jones’s ability to patent that mechanism, unless he added something new and patented that. Looks like additional research is needed!